Education

U.S. News & World Report has issued its annual list of “Best U.S. High Schools” and one Hoosier school is included in the top 100. ... Read More

The state agency overseeing the recovery of Gary schools may extend the contract of the private company managing the district.... Read More

Two professors from Ball State University have been awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funding will be used to study the effects of economic and social stress on people living in rural communities.... Read More

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 tumultuous years leading an association that has become marginalized while college sports has undergone massive changes and been besieged by political and legal attacks.... Read More

The University of Southern Indiana is partnering with Milwaukee-based engineering firm SIGMA Group to give students practical, hands-on experience in designing and fabricating test equipment ... Read More

The Krannert School of Management at Purdue University has received a nearly $21 million gift from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation, the largest gift in the school's history. In recognition of the gift, the university has announced the launch of the Dean V. White Real Estate Finance Program, an academic minor that will begin this fall.... Read More

The University of Evansville has hired Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried as its new director of athletics. Siegfried joins UE from California State University Bakersfield where he served as director of athletics and associate vice president for student affairs since 2015.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Indiana Campus Compact has changed its name to Community-Engaged Alliance. The nonprofit says the rebrand allows it to continue supporting place-based community engagement and service-learning initiatives.... Read More

The Indiana Arts Commission is partnering with the Indiana Department of Education to offer two Arts Integration Learning Labs for K-12 educators and teaching artists. The IAC says the learning labs are designed to empower educator partnerships that will ultimately provide "meaningful arts integration experiences" for students.... Read More

The University of Evansville has formally launched a comprehensive fundraising campaign. "Forward>>" intends to generate $125 million in donations over the next several years. The school says it has also received $76 million in gifts towards the campaign.... Read More

Butler University has unveiled the permanent naming of its new 44,000-square-foot sciences building expansion as Levinson Family Hall. It is in honor of a $10 million commitment from Frank and Kristin Levinson.... Read More

The International School of Indiana will Saturday celebrate the completion of the $13.5 million Chen Family Lower School building in Indianapolis. The school is the result of capital campaign to create a unified campus on the city's northwest side.... Read More

The city of Kokomo is donating $700,000 for Ivy Tech Community College’s Industry 4.0 Lab. The city says Ivy Tech’s Industry 4.0 Initiative aims to train highly skilled employees needed for local manufacturing jobs.... Read More

Ivy Tech Community College wants interest to grow in a health field not many may know about. ... Read More

Butler University has named Craig Caldwell dean of the Lacy School of Business. Caldwell has been serving as interim dean since July 2021.... Read More

Indiana State University has received a $250,000 gift from Dave Campbell, a former chair of ISU's Board of Trustees, and his wife Peggy. The gift will support the Fund for ISU, which serves the university's greatest needs, as well as two scholarships, the David C. and Margaret L. Campbell Scholarship for Liberal Arts and the Dwaine and Martha Woolsey/Charles and Phyllis Campbell Memorial Scholarship.... Read More

Ivy Tech Community College is launching a Professional Leadership Institute initiative at its Fort Wayne and Warsaw campuses. The college says the institute is for businesses and individuals who want training in the skills needed to lead teams and advance organizational growth.... Read More

An education tech company in West Lafayette has received what it calls a significant growth investment led by the Purdue Startup Fund. While the specific amount was not immediately disclosed, Skyepack says it will use the funding to further product development.... Read More

Franklin College has received a $3.9 million estate commitment from 1971 alumna Eleanor Ackley. The college says the gift is the largest in its history.... Read More

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professor Dr. Julia Williams has received a $457,500 grant from The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation. Over the next three years, Rose-Hulman says Williams will work to build connections between engineering professional societies and the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network to create value for engineers in industry and in education.... Read More